CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL.
THE CASE OF VELTHEIM. LONDON, January lo'. Frank Ve'ltheim, charged with having demanded, with menaces, money from Solly Joel, was remanded. Prosecutor's cross - examination showed that Veltheim claimed to be the late Barney Barnato's political agent. '■ Prosecutor denied that Barnato had paid Veltheim £1,500. (In his evidence in chief the prosecutor testified that he first s;>.w ac--1 cused in the dock in Johannesburg in 1898, he being then tried in connection with witness' brother's death. Witness produced at the Johannesburg trial seven blackmailing letters. The ( handwriting was the same as that of a letter received in June, 1907, demanding money. The letter was followed by a draft for £16,000, presented through Dr Millar, of Antwerp. )
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9026, 13 January 1908, Page 5
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118CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9026, 13 January 1908, Page 5
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